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Episode 207 (April 26-27)

Segment 1: "Five Ways You Can Reduce the Impact of Climate Change" (52 minutes)
UC-Davis Professor Deb Niemeier’s keynote address was a highlight at the Fifth Annual Dinner of the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. This event also included a moving tribute to Dr. Herbert Bauer, and a reading by PSR Essay Contest scholarship winner Margaret Freiwald. Recorded by a Media Edge crew on October 4, 2008.

Segment 2: "Notes on the War" (35 minutes)
This film, by Rosie Bsheer and Maya Mikdashi for the Deep Dish TV "Nothing is Safe" series, highlights the voices of citizens who were displaced during the 2006 war in Lebanon. It addresses the debates within Lebanese society that were sparked by the conflict, the Lebanese government response to the crisis, the role of Hizbollah and how the U.S. attempted to define the Israeli attack as part of the “war on terrorism.”

Segment 3: "The Potentiality of Storming Heaven" (29 minutes)
This video documents the Greek revolt in December 2008 through the words and actions of people that took part in it. This struggle opened up new vistas of resistance from Oakland to Latvia.

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